I’m wrapping up this week’s candy crafts with a Halloween riff on my Marshmallow Peeps Easter Topiary Trees. And why not – the Halloween Marshmallow Peeps Topiaries are just as cute, and they’re a super easy idea for Halloween decorating. Really, you can have a pair of these displayed on your Halloween mantel in less than an hour. In fact, I debated about whether I needed to include instructions to make these, they’re that easy.

Halloween Marshmallow Peeps Topiary Trees.

To make a Halloween Marshmallow Peeps Topiary, you’ll need:

STYROFOAM Brand Foam™: 12” x 4” and 9” x 4” cones

Marshmallow Peeps:

The 12” x 4” cone uses about 18 ghosts & 18 pumpkins

The 9” x 4” cone uses about 18 ghosts

Black & orange peanut butter taffy, or other Halloween candies

Low temp glue gun

To make a Halloween Marshmallow Peeps Topiary:

Top off your tree with a ghost and/or pumpkin.

1. Work out your design on a tabletop, so you know how you would like to arrange the rows of candy before you start gluing.

2. Glue the candy in rows around the cone, starting at the bottom. Continue working up and around the cone till it’s covered. Add a ghost and/or pumpkin to the top. That’s it!

Now, how easy is that?

To make this week even sweeter, I am giving away a book I love, Glitterville’s Handmade Halloween: A Glittered Guide for Whimsical Crafting! You might recognize the author, Stephen Brown, who was a judge on the TV series Craft Wars. He’s also the designer behind the giftware line Glitterville. His new, 200+ page book shows you how to create your own sweet & sparkling Halloween crafts and decorations from basic materials, like paper clay, glitter (of course), chenille stems and STYROFOAM Brand Foam.

You could win a copy of Glitterville!

Here’s how you can win a copy of the book – tell me which Halloween candy is your favorite. Candy corn? Snickers? Marshmallow Peeps? Leave your answer below by Tuesday, October 30, and I’ll announce the winner on Halloween.

Your book, blog, and posts have inspired my haunting creativity to a new level! Unforunately I am not able to have anything chocolate so my favorites tend to be the simply sugar treats like caramel apples. Okay, I will admit I am a sucker for sugar babies as those are my favorites! I would love to win a copy of your book. Fabulous!!

Thank you, Mary Lou, and have fun with your PEEPS topiary. We’re going to make another one today, too. They’re so easy, I have a few extra PEEPS, and it’s a rainy day, so why not. Happy crafting to you. Sharon

At our house, we have a new halloween favorite. Halloween Bark. You can google it and find many versions and recipes. Basically anything covered with white almond bark. We especially love the orange and black oreo cookie version. Happy Haunting. P.S. Love the Peep trees!

Hi Meg, Yes, I think toothpicks would work. I would first cover the cone with foil or plastic wrap, so that the PEEPS don’t pick up foam crumbs. Another reader was going to try candy melts as a glue, and a stiff frosting might work, too. Please let me know how this goes, as I have more PEEPS plans in the works, and I’d like to experiment with an edible glue, too. Thanks! Sharon

My favorite Halloween treats are popcorn balls and candy corn! When I was a child (so long ago!) there was a lady in our neighborhood who made the most delish popcorn balls ever and served them with hot mulled cider. What a treat!!! Be especially blessed, Kathy

Glitterville! OMGosh, I MUST have that book! I love love love Glitterville and love Halloween!

I haven’t been trick-or-treating in many years (!), but my favorite candies were banana-flavored caramels. I only remember the waxy yellow wrappers, not the name of them. They were rare and special to get! 🙂

Peeps Rule! Perhaps you could wrap the cone in foil first and then attach the Peeps with frilly toothpicks so you could still eat them after Halloween? Slightly stale Peeps are the best for roasting over a fire or putting on top of Peeps Casserole!

I don’t think Kit Kat’s are really officially Halloween candy, but I can never seem to get enough of them! :’) What a lovely, creative book! Love the peep topiary’s. Can’t wait to give them a try. Some Christmas peeps of some kind would be awesome.

Wow I love Craft Wars. It was sad to read about Tori Spelling’s ordeal with her recent pregnancy. I hope she’ll be back on as host. My favorite Halloween candy is Reese’s Pieces. They taste soooo good and they’re the perfect orange and black color for the season.

Snickers is my favorite because it has everything wrapped up in one nice package.
It has gooey caramel that I can stretch, Airy yummy marshmallow, and nuts. Crunchy nuts all covered and twisted with caramel = crunchy caramel and marshmallow.
That is the ultimate happiness for my mouth.

If I had to pick an American chocolate bar, I would say Butterfinger. Once again this candy isn’t available in Germany though. Lately, I discovered a peanut butter-flavored candy though — KitKat Chunky Peanut Butter. I declare that to be my favorite Halloween candy. 🙂

Thanks for the chance to win this awesome Halloween crafts book — the winner will really be lucky.

I just love topiary’s and I have all the candy for this as of yesterday. lolol I’ve always love dthose peanut butter taffy’s. My mom and I would take walks and share those. 🙂 However my favorite candy is Reese’s and frozen Snickers bars. When my Mom would take me trick or treating she would have me look in my bag for say a Musketeers bar. She would say give me one then open it and start eating it. I would say hey that’s my candy and she would say “Well I have to taste it to see if it’s poison. lololololol I love my Mom. lolol

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